Sour Cherry Crumb Bars

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By Bonnie S. Benwick

These sour cherry crumb bars enactment a spotlight connected the juicy tart chromatic effect with an unfairly abbreviated seasonal window. The cherries are a terrific complement against the buttery base, offsetting its richness. And though caller sour cherries are usually disposable for a fewer weeks successful the summer, frozen sour cherries are sold twelvemonth round, depending connected wherever you are, and jarred sour cherries are adjacent easier to find.

You'll request a quarter-size expanse cookware (roughly 9-by-13 inches).

From pastry cook Tiffany MacIsaac.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 12 (makes 12 bars)

For the filling and pan

Nonstick cooking spray
2 cups pitted, coarsely chopped sour cherries (from 1 pint/600 grams unpitted)
1 cupful (320 grams) cherry jam
1/2 cupful (100 grams) granulated sugar
4 teaspoons cornstarch
2 teaspoons grated caller ginger (optional)

For the crust/crumble

3 cups (375 grams) all-purpose flour
1 cupful (200 grams) granulated sugar
1 spoon baking powder
Finely grated zestof 2 limes
1/8 spoon good salt
16 tablespoons (2 sticks/227 grams) chilled, unsalted food chopped into tiny cubes
1 ample egg

Nutritional Facts

Per piece

Calories
440
Fat
16 g
Saturated Fat
10 g
Carbohydrates
71 g
Sodium
45 mg
Cholesterol
55 mg
Protein
4 g
Fiber
2 g
Sugar
40 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From pastry cook Tiffany MacIsaac.

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published June 1, 2017

Updated March 16, 2026